State police are in search of whoever shot a canine in a wooded space alongside Potic Mountain Road in Greene County.
The Great Pyrenees German shepherd combine canine was shot on New Year’s Day in Athens.
The proprietor, Kurt Andernach, observed the 2-year-old, 80-pound canine named Kolija was damage as he approached him on his property.
Kolija was bleeding from a extreme harm to his proper rear leg.
Andernach rushed his canine to Kingston Animal Hospital in Ulster County.
State troopers and officers discovered a blood path that led them to an space close to energy traces throughout their search.
Investigators tracked Kolija steps and found the canine walked about 600 yards again home after being shot.
The canine was handled for a gunshot wound, a damaged pelvis and damaged femur.
Kolija later had surgical procedure at a veterinary clinic in Stamford, Connecticut and is predicted to outlive.
Anyone with info is requested to name the Catskill Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 518-622-8600.
The Records Management System quantity is 2400001365.